Microdisk Resonator With Negative Thermal Optical Coefficient Polymer for Refractive Index Sensing With Thermal Stability

In this paper, we propose a microdisk resonator with negative thermal optical coefficient (TOC) polymer for refractive index (RI) sensing with thermal stability. The transmission characteristics and sensing performances by using quasi-TE<sub>01</sub> and quasi-TM<sub>01</sub>...

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Main Authors: Tao Ma, Jinhui Yuan, Feng Li, Lei Sun, Zhe Kang, Binbin Yan, Qiang Wu, Xinzhu Sang, Kuiru Wang, Heng Liu, Fang Wang, Bo Wu, Chongxiu Yu, Gerald Farrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8315027/
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Summary:In this paper, we propose a microdisk resonator with negative thermal optical coefficient (TOC) polymer for refractive index (RI) sensing with thermal stability. The transmission characteristics and sensing performances by using quasi-TE<sub>01</sub> and quasi-TM<sub>01</sub> modes are simulated by a three-dimensional finite element method. The influences of the TOC, RI, and thickness of the polymer on the sensing performances are also investigated. The simulation results show that the RI sensitivity <italic>S<sub>n</sub></italic> and temperature sensitivity <italic> S<sub>T</sub></italic> with different polymers are in the ranges of 25.1&#x2013;26&#x00A0;nm/RIU and 67.3&#x2013;75.2 pm/K for the quasi-TE<sub>01</sub> mode, and 94.5&#x2013;110.6&#x00A0;nm/RIU and 1.2&#x2013;51.3 pm/K for the quasi-TM<sub>01 </sub> mode, respectively. Moreover, figure-of-merit of the temperature sensing for the quasi-TM<sub>01</sub> mode is in the range of 2 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;4</sup>&#x2013;8 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2013;3</sup>, which can find important application in the implementation of the adiabatic devices.
ISSN:1943-0655